Mission Mission

I guess those dudes upstairs hated Schmidt’s from the beginning, and have had their sign up for a while. Mission Local wrote about the drama over the summer (it’s a good read), and now Schmidt’s has the article posted in their window:

Would a BAD NEIGHBORS sign keep you from going to a restaurant you liked? I dunno. Beretta could shit on their upstairs neighbors’ doorstep on a regular basis and I’d still be there later enjoying my margherita with burrata, squid ink risotto, both bruschettas and an Improved Whiskey or two.

[All photography by We Built This City]

Jen Oaks produced this charming work of art for Fat Zine earlier this year. It was wildly popular, and now is available as a print! It’s a limited edition and tres affordable at only $8.

Check it out!

I think the driver said his business is called Scumbag Rickshaw or something like that, and that I could find him on Facebook. But I can’t find it, and I’m pretty sure it’s actually not “Scumbag.” My memory of this is a little foggy. Somebody help me out?

They were blasting “It’s Getting Hot in Herre” inside and out, and this crew was partying HARD. A guy outside told me the pizza in there is the best in the city. (And he said his second favorite was the Extreme Pizza on Folsom.)

Update:

Video!

Usually you’re horrified by what you see when the lights come on at a quarter to two, but this scene was a pleasant surprise. I hope this trio went out for tacos together afterward, walking arm in arm and singing Billy Idol songs.

Conventional wisdom says mint, right? And it’s got to be an It’s-It brand It’s-It, no homemade B.S., right? (Usually. But last night I had a homemade variation with almond-oatmeal cookie and Chartreuse ice cream. Epic. Thanks, Jono and Jane and Courtney!)

Which It’s-It is best?

[Photo by Male Awareness Day]

Look at the size of that baton. And three or four of them were wearing gas masks.

All we wanted to do was cruise down Powell into the morass of Black Friday shoppers and see what was up, but NOOO. These guys had to blockade the whole neighborhood all geared up for war. God forbid anybody messes with commerce on the biggest shopping day of the year.

The ride was super fun though. A small group, nimble, good attitudes, and a few scenic stops:

We should all eat at Taqueria Cancun in the middle of the night more often. I mean, I do it plenty, and I’m sure most of you do too, but I feel like we haven’t talked about it in a while. Isn’t it the best? Look at those avocados; they’re like butter.

[Photo by Alissa]

OMFGNYC saw this and said: ”Don’t cry for me California.”

I see it and say, “Possibly a relative of Forlorn Candy Corn?”

Reader MC might’ve just experienced a Thanksgiving miracle:

So, riding from one Thanksgiving dinner to the next, I rode south on Capp Street. I crossed 24th Street. And right here [pictured] I see a 42″ plasma TV sitting on the ground.

After checking it out for a few minutes, I realize there’s no way to carry it along with my bike to the house. So, I go to the house and recruit a friend to help me carry back to the house. We plug it in — it works. I plug in the cable, and I’m watching TV now. The thing works perfectly.

I decide to be a good guy, and post a note — thinking maybe someone is moving (who moves on Thanksgiving?)… or I don’t know how you can ‘lose’ a 70+ pound, 42″ inch TV. But, I think that’s the moral thing to do, right?

The only other viable option– someone planned to buy a new TV for Black Friday, and just tossed this thing– but it sells for over $700 used on amazon.

So– the question is — 1) Who lives at Capp & 24th who just ‘throws out’ a $700 TV? 2) What does that say about the state of the Mission if so? 3) Is there a secret spy camera inside watching me as I type this? 4) Did someone break into a house, and get around the block and gave up because it was heavy? 5) What should I be doing with this? Should I post a Craiglist Lost/found post? Is the note sufficient? 6) Does it have a curse on it? 7) But seriously– who just throws out a 42″ TV on Capp & 24th….? WTF?

This thing is huge– it’s bigger than my coffee table, and almost the size of my couch.

Also, FWIW, I paid the cab driver $20 to load my TV, my bike, and me and drive me home. The first cabbie refused, Luxor said ‘no vans unless you are handicapped’ and then this Yellow Cab guy helped me put it into and out of the cab, so that was nice.

Anybody lose their TV?

[Photo by Google Maps]